Awakening the Heart: Cultivating Compassion and Equanimity with Devin Berry

Join Devin Berry and the DVI sangha for a retreat day of practice and discussion.

Description

Through natural and relaxed awareness, we train to see the habits of mind and the ways we separate, distract, and isolate ourselves from the world. Compassion and equanimity allow us to be present and connected, softening our hearts and revealing with clarity what it’s like to be human while enabling us to maintain balance as we navigate the challenges of the times.

This program is appropriate for both new and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome.

This retreat is freely offered, and dana (generous donations) may be given, in support of DVI and Devin in support of his teaching and guidance.

This is a hybrid event. Attend in person with Devin at Summit Prebyterian church or online via Zoom.

Teacher Bio
Meditation teacher, Devin Berry, began practicing in 1999. His teaching is rooted in the Buddhadharma and mindfulness daily life practices. Devin’s training includes Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher training, the East Bay Meditation Center Commit to Dharma Program, Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program, and Insight Meditation Society’s four-year Residential Retreat Teachers Program. Devin also co-founded both the Teen Sangha and Men of Color Deep Refuge Group at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland.  In addition, almost 20 years ago, Devin began some of the first mindfulness programs in SF Bay Area schools, including weekly mindfulness groups for youth.

Devin began working with youth over 25 years ago as a frontline advocate for marginalized youth living on the streets, in recovery and exploitation. Over the years Devin’s work has included leading wilderness camp programs for teens, Rites of Passage programs for tweens, and a summer camp for boys. 

After retiring from youth work, Devin co-created Deep Time Liberation, an ancestral healing journey that explores the impact of ancestral legacy and intergenerational trauma on Black Americans. He is passionate about the power of witnessing and storytelling as a liberation tool. Devin is a father and teaches nationally.

Learn more about Devin here.